WiAT – Women in Aviation Training

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Launched at EATS 2023, Women in Aviation Training (WiAT) is an initiative focused on providing practical ways to support all women in the aviation training industry. The aim of Women in Aviation Training is to bring together a community of motivated individuals to support and encourage growth and ambition and to empower change.

A WiAT online community forum has been created which shares experiences and stories from fellow professionals, insights, facts and information from within the industry, and provides the space to network with other WiAT members.  The aim is to provide every member with a community network along with a useful toolkit of information in order to fulfil their personal goals. To join the WiAT forum visit – https://aviationtrainingleaderforum.com

For WATS 2025, we will be hosting a special breakout session on Wednesday 9th April  from 1300-1400 in room Wekiwa 8. This session is open to all, and we welcome men and women keen to support the initiative.

Our speaker for WiAT at WATS 2025 is:

Captain Erika Armstrong, FRAeS, Director, Advanced Aircrew Academy

  • Airline and Business Aviation Captain and pilot trainer
  • The Chick in the Cockpit author,
  • Vice Chair Safety Standdown Advisory Board at Bombardier,
  • VP at Advanced Aircrew Academy, and
  • LinkedIn influencer who shares info on aviation safety with 500,000 followers,

Training Beyond the Mistake.

Training in aviation, in every department, is focused on the prevention of accidents, so we don’t train beyond a mistake. Mistakes are inevitable and acceptable within the circle of safety, but what happens when layers of decision-making bring an aircraft or decision beyond the parameter of normal operations? What do you do now? This workshop is intended to discuss decision-making in aviation and to bring the conversation into an area that is not discussed; what to do after you’ve made a mistake. From dispatching errors to the accidental shutting down of engines, we’ll take a deeper look into what we can do as a community to think beyond the unthinkable.

erika